How Racism Takes Place

By: George Lipsitz

Narrated by: Pete Ferrand

White identity in the United States is place bound, asserts George Lipsitz in How Racism Takes Place. An influential scholar in American and racial studies, Lipsitz contends that racism persists because a network of practices skew opportunities and life chances along racial lines. That is, these practices assign people of different races to different spaces and therefore allow grossly unequal access to education, employment, transportation, and shelter. Revealing how seemingly race-neutral urban sites contain hidden racial assumptions and imperatives, Lipsitz examines the ways in which urban space and social experience are racialized and emphasizes that aggrieved communities do not passively acquiesce to racism. He recognizes the people and communities that have re-imagined segregated spaces in expressive culture as places for congregation. How Racism Takes Place not only exposes the degree to which this White spatial imagining structures our society but also celebrates the Black artists and activists who struggle to create a just and decent society.

©2013 George Lipsitz (P)2014 Redwood Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"This book strengthens Lipsitz's position as one of the major contributors to theoretical and historical works on race.... In powerful and compelling writing, Lipsitz examines the problems...and provides insights into the broad context and multiple factors that shape the ways race continues to work in society." (Journal of American History)

"Highly Recommended." (Choice)

Wealth of Information

Methodically details the data. Interesting histories, remarkable resilience and imagination by the community to improve lives. Bravo

Important and Compelling Argument

The book is thoroughly researched, detailed and discussed, but read in a near - robotic monotone.

Enlightening!

The author calls for a fight against the American tradition of toothless legislation against race based policies that devastate black lives in America.